Food for Thought, 375 guaranteed recipes

1911·St. Paul, Minn

by Dearth, Nellie D., [compiler]

St. Paul, Minn: Louis F. Dow Co, 1911. Octavo, 128 pages. Detailed table of contents. Cover design and illustrations by C. Forbes Baker. First edition. Date from copyright records. A preface might have given us some idea of the intention of the compiler of this apparently self-published Minnesota cookbook. The author, born in 1862, was the daughter of Michael Doran, a powerful figure in 19th century Minnesota Democratic politics, and the first broker in the state. The recipes in the book indicate a degree of privilege, with dishes drawn from hotel and banquet cooking, as well as ore genteel tea and entertaining foods. Some light spotting and staining to endpapers, otherwise very good in tan cloth with a brown-printed title and decorations. Scarce. [OCLC locates just two copies, at Univ. of Denver and at Texas Women's Univ. Library; not in any of the relevant bibliographies]. (Inventory #: 5224)

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